Macleania

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Read about Macleania in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Macleania (after John Maclean, British merchant at Lima, Peru, patron of botany). Ericaceae. About a dozen species of shrubs in the mountains from Mexico to Peru, useful for ornament under glass but little known in cultivation. They have clusters of brick-red or crimson, tubular flowers each an inch or more long, and often bear tinted foliage. Leaves evergreen, alternate, short-stalked, entire: corollas strongly 5-angled, and the 5 tips short, triangular, erect or spreading and more or less yellow; stamens 10, much shorter than the corolla; disk ring-like or not evident; ovary 5-6-celled, the style filiform; ovules many.—One species, M. insignis, is currently offered abroad. Macleanias are probably of difficult cult. M. speciosissima in a large pot on a shelf near the glass, so that its branches may hang gracefully, should be a very striking subject. M. pulchra has the same habit and color of fls., but is perhaps less desirable. M. punctata is perhaps the most desirable of those with erect branches and stiff habit. This may be tried in a warmhouse border, with good drainage and shallow soil, as some of these macleanias have thick fleshy roots and the fibrous parts of the roots are said to keep near the surface. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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